The poems in this latest collection by award-winning poet Philip Radmall stand us at the starting point of new experiences and states and follow the forces and callings that summon us out from where we are and bring us back either more knowing or else with a better understanding that there are deeper questions. In language that has been ......
Evie Walsh obsessively sits beside a garden pond, examining her life and loves and her bouts of deep depression. What is the significance of the men, of the places she returns to in her memories? Of the one man who recurs carrying as he does the terrible secret he wants to share only with her?
‘This beautifully written memoir by Jenni Heckendorf reveals a woman with firm opinions a warm sense of family and a keen sense of her own value. She has also lived with cerebral palsy her whole life. A must-read for anyone who has ever doubted the indomitability of the human spirit.’ – Professor Donna Lee Brien Central ......
‘Tilting at Time offers a vivacious yet emphatic rendering of the minutiae of Australian life. At once humorous and reflective Greg muses on the human condition and its relationship to the specific places and temporal spaces we find ourselves in. In the very first poem our poet expresses his wish for “words ......
"Colleen and I have known each other for many years in many guises from school colleagues to collaborators in organising a writing group and always as friends who share a love of the written word. Her love of writing is evident in this poetry collection. The words hum with vibrant life as Colleen looks at the 'ordinary' things ......
Life can become a race against time if you allow it. Slow down occasionally and you are apt to find that time pauses too. Some of my most indelible memories have been formed in such moments and a few are recollected in this slim volume. I hope they spark resonance and enjoyment.
This is the fifth volume of my poems published by ......
The theme of time and its associated expressions of mutability limitation and loss figures prominently in this collection. The title poem is an attempted objectification one could say personification of time which ultimately overturns any of the parallels drawn between it and the figures adduced as its visible representatives to stand in any ......
"Robyn Mathison casts a curious and compassionate eye over the natural world and all its inhabitants. Her sense of wonder gives equal measure to cats hens historical figures and family members. The poems engage with provocative questions: Where will memory be when my body leaves? (‘Quiet House’) and arresting ......
To Breathe takes the reader on a captivating journey depicting everyday musings to recollections of carefree times. Melanie Duncan's poetry expresses both ......
